This is a sale that Starwood runs a few times per year, but with the SPG program being discontinued on 7/31, this will be the last chance to buy discounted Starpoints.

20K Starpoints are on sale for $455 instead of $700 or 30K Starpoints are on sale for $682.50 instead of $1,050. That’s a cost of 2.275 cents per Starpoint instead of the regular 3.5 cents per Starpoint.

Of course you also earn miles for the purchase, which makes the real cost even less.

If you have a Starwood AMEX and buy 30K Starpoints for $682.50 you will earn 1,366 Starpoints for the purchase, so effectively you’ll pay $682.50 for 31,366 Starpoints, or 2.175 cents per Starpoint.

If you need more than 30K Starpoints you’ll have to buy them with additional Starwood accounts as there is a limit of 30K Starpoints per account in annual purchases.

Luckily there’s an easy loophole. You can freely transfer Starpoints between Starwood accounts that are located at the same address. Note that you need to wait 14 days from when you open a new Starwood account until you can buy Starpoints, so you’ll want to open new accounts for different family members or friends now and then buy the points in 2 weeks from now with those accounts. Then you can transfers all of the points from those accounts into one account.

-The S. Regis Bora Bora orS. Regis Maldivescan cost over $3,000/night after tax. It currently costs up to 120K Starpoints to stay here, but in August that will plummet to just 20K Starpoints! If you buy Starpoints for 2.175 cents each, that’s like paying just $435 per night. Stay for 5 nights and you’ll pay 16K Starpoints per night, which is like paying $348 per night!

-The S. Regis Bal Harbour can cost over $1,100/night after tax. It currently costs 30K or 35K Starpoints to stay here, but in August that will plummet to just 20K Starpoints! If you buy Starpoints for 2.175 cents each, that’s like paying just $435 per night. Stay for 5 nights and you’ll pay 16K Starpoints per night, which is like paying $348 per night!

-TheSheraton Tel Avivis currently 20K Starpoints ($435 when buying Starpoints) or 16K on 5 night stays ($348) in low season In high season the current costs are 25K Starpoints or 20K on a 5 night stay. In August you will need just 16,667 Starpoints per night ($362.50 when buying Starpoints) or 13,333 Starpoints per night on 5 night stays ($290). The same rates also apply for other category 6 hotels like the Westin Lagunamar Cancun, St. Regis Langkawi, W Singapore, Westin Maui, Elma Arts Zichron Ya’akov, Westin Tokyo, and the S. Regis Mexico City.

-The W Miamiis currently 12K Starpoints ($261 when buying Starpoints) or 9.6K Starpoints per night on 5 night stays ($208.80) in low season vs paid rates that can be more than $400/night. In August you will need just 11,667 Starpoints per night ($253.75 when buying Starpoints) or 9,333 Starpoints per night on 5 night stays ($203.)

The same rates also apply for other category 5 hotels like the Sheraton Kauai Resort, the W Miami, the Westin Harbour Castle Toronto, the Westin Sydney, and the Le Méridien Tahiti.

-The W Beijing is currently 10K Starpoints ($217.50 when buying Starpoints) or 8K Starpoints per night on 5 night stays ($174) vs paid rates that can be more than $350/night. In August you will need just 6,250 Starpoints per night ($135.93 when buying Starpoints) or 5,000 Starpoints per night on 5 night stays ($108.75).

-The Sheraton Eatontown is currently 7K Starpoints ($152.25 when buying Starpoints) or 5.6K Starpoints per night on 5 night stays ($121.80) vs paid rates that can be more than $250/night. Assuming this remains a category 3 hotel in August you will need just 5,833 Starpoints per night ($126.87 when buying Starpoints) or 4,666 Starpoints per night on 5 night stays ($108.75).

-The Four Points By Sheraton Niagara Falls, NY is currently bookable for just 3K points on weekends or 4K Starpoints on weekdays ($65-$87 when buying Starpoints for 2.175 cents each) vs paid rates that can be more than $200/night.

Many other hotels are bargains with points, especially during peak travel times.

You can buy 86.5K Starpoints for $1,967.88, plus you’ll earn 3,936 Starpoints by buying those points on an SPG card, giving you a total of 90,436 Starpoints.

If you value the 7 night hotel stay at $1,000 ($142/night) then you’re effectively paying $967.88 for 132,000 United miles. That’s a bargain at just 0.73 cents per United mile!

Of course the out of pocket cost is less if you already have Starpoints or Marriott points.

It’s worth noting that some Marriott agents will refund 45K Marriott points (15K Starpoints) if you return the 7 night stay certificate. That’s not a good value for the 7 night hotel certificate, but if you won’t use the hotel stay then it’s better than nothing. If you do that it will be like transferring 75K Starpoints into 132K United miles.

You can buy 86.5K Starpoints for $1,967.88, plus you’ll earn 3,936 Starpoints by buying those points on an SPG card, giving you a total of 90,436 Starpoints.

If you value the 7 night hotel stay at $1,000 ($142/night) then you’re effectively paying $967.88 for 120,000 United miles. That’s a bargain at just 0.8 cents per Alaska mile!

Of course the out of pocket cost is less if you already have Starpoints or Marriott points.

It’s worth noting that some Marriott agents will refund 45K Marriott points (15K Starpoints) if you return the 7 night stay certificate. That’s not a good value for the 7 night hotel certificate, but if you won’t use the hotel stay then it’s better than nothing. If you do that it will be like transferring 75K Starpoints into 120K Alaska miles.

You can use 17.5K Alaska miles for coach, 20K for premium economy, 25K for business, or 35K for first class to fly one way to or from JFK and Vancouver on Cathay Pacific.

You can use 30K Alaska miles for coach, 35K for premium economy, 50K for business, or 70K for first class to fly one way to or from North America and Asiavia Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific. Best of all, you can get a free stopover in Hong Kong for as long as you want, even on a one-way ticket. There are no fuel surcharges.

You can use 50K Alaska miles for coach, 55K for premium economy, 62.5K for business, or 70K for first class to fly one way to or from North America and Tel Aviv or Johannesburgvia Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific. Best of all, you can get a free stopover in Hong Kong for as long as you want, even on a one-way ticket. There are no fuel surcharges.

You can use 22.5K Alaska miles for coach, 25K for premium economy, or 30K for business class to fly one way to or from Hong Kong and Tel Avivon Cathay Pacific. There are no fuel surcharges.

Cathay Pacific is famous for their wonderful first class where they offer the best bed comfort, seat comfort, and pajamas in the industry. It doesn’t offer walled-in suites or the hands-on service of Singapore and it doesn’t have onboard showers like Emirates or Etihad, but I don’t think any first class can compete with Cathay’s ultra-comfy seat and bed arrangement.

With 120K Alaska miles from a package you can fly one-way in business and one-way in first class between North America and Asia.

A Cathay Pacific first class flight from JFK to Vancouver is 35K miles and a Cathay Pacific business class flight is 25K miles. 120K miles would be enough for 2 people to fly there in first class and return in business class.

A shower class flight can cost $27,000 round-trip, but with miles it’s a whole lot less. Plus Emirates has excellent award availability.

Unfortunately the options are more limited than before as Alaska Airlines has increased their mileage rates and JAL has added a fuel surcharge to Emirates awards.

For example a flight from JFK to Milan is 360K Alaska miles round-trip, but just 100K JAL miles. Unfortunately, JAL now tacks on $1,040 in fuel surcharges. You can transfer 80K Starpoints into 100K JAL miles thanks to the 25% transfer bonus. It other words by buying Starpoints at 2.175 cents each you can fly round-trip in Emirates shower class to Europe for $1,740 plus the fuel surcharges.

A flight from JFK to Dubai is 300K Alaska miles round-trip, but just 135K JAL miles. Unfortunately, JAL now tacks on $1,624 in fuel surcharges. You can transfer 110K Starpoints into 135K JAL miles thanks to the 25% transfer bonus. It other words by buying Starpoints at 2.175 cents each you can fly round-trip in Emirates shower class to Europe for $2,392 plus the fuel surcharges.

An Emirates shower class flight from JFK to Milan is 360K Alaska miles round-trip, but just 105K JAL miles. That will go up to 135K miles. Note that JAL now tacks on $1,040 in fuel surcharges to this award.

You only need 110K Virgin Atlantic miles to fly round-trip from the west coast to Japan or 120K miles to fly round-trip from the east coast to Japan in first class. There are no fuel surcharges to redeem Virgin Atlantic miles for travel on ANA.

You can buy 86.5K Starpoints for $1,967.88, plus you’ll earn 3,936 Starpoints by buying those points on an SPG card, giving you a total of 90,436 Starpoints.

If you value the 7 night hotel stay at $1,000 ($142/night) then you’re effectively paying $967.88 for 120,000 Virgin miles. That’s a bargain at just 0.8 cents per Virgin mile!

Of course the out of pocket cost is less if you already have Starpoints or Marriott points.

It’s worth noting that some Marriott agents will refund 45K Marriott points (15K Starpoints) if you return the 7 night stay certificate. That’s not a good value for the 7 night hotel certificate, but if you won’t use the hotel stay then it’s better than nothing. If you do that it will be like transferring 75K Starpoints into 120K Virgin miles.

Here is the Virgin Atlantic award chart for travel on ANA:

Unfortunately, you do need to call Virgin Atlantic to book travel on ANA at 800-365-9500. You can search for ANA award space on United.com.

United charges a whopping 220K miles to fly round-trip from the US to Japan in ANA first class, but you can call Virgin Atlantic to book travel for a fraction of that amount:

6. Singapore Suites:

You can fly in a Singapore couples suite from JFK to Frankfurt for just 76K Singapore miles each way. Thanks to the SPG transfer bonus, you only need 61K Starpoints for 76K Singapore miles. There are no fuel surcharges.

20K Starpoints can normally be transferred into 25K American miles. However until 5/31, 20K Starpoints will transfer into 31,250 American miles. If you buy 20K Starpoints at 2.175 cents per point that’s $435 for 31,250 AA miles or 1.392 cents per mile.

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Spgguy

Would this work with the spg amex offer?

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June 15, 2018 2:53 pm

Dan

No.

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June 15, 2018 5:34 pm

Mark

if I only bought 90k spg in order to earn the 7 night certificate and I needed to sell the points to raise the 1967 dollars back by selling them to a friend who books a lot of travel for his family do you recommend transferring to Alaska for 120k or united for 132k?please if someone can help me answer this question I need help in this matter

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June 15, 2018 3:24 pm

Dan

Depends on your needs. Both are good uses.

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June 15, 2018 5:35 pm

mark

im trying to sell them where would I get the most money 120 Alaska or 132k united? if you can please answer

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June 15, 2018 6:45 pm

?!

if you can please ask your friend what he would pay more for

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June 17, 2018 10:20 am

penina

whats the best option back from the Maldives if you only have American miles? you mentioned 115k for the way there in first are there options like these for the way back? and how much is business for the way there?

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June 15, 2018 3:26 pm

Dan

It works in either direction.
70K business/115K first.

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June 15, 2018 5:35 pm

follow up

what about the fuel surcharges? you didnt mention the cost

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June 17, 2018 12:00 am

Dan

None.

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June 17, 2018 1:27 am

chava

doc was discussing these points converting to a points cap is there a strong chance or a small chance that that may happen? and you seemed to be advocating for the category 6 option with a whole line of reasoning. why not a category 7 option or 8 lishitashcah of the severa you were using there ayin sham

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June 15, 2018 3:29 pm

Dan

English please. No idea what you’re asking.

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June 15, 2018 5:36 pm

chavie

just commenting on doc article saying all 7 nights certificates may turn into a points and someone named dan was commenting that your best option is category 6 as category 1-5 can potentially convert only into 7 nights of category 3 points instead of 7 nights of category 5 . as opposed to 6 where you “would have a better argument to get 7 nights of category 6 points. why not just buy up to category 7 and let that convert to 7 nights worth of points why did you and doc say category 6 were the best option

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June 16, 2018 10:11 pm

Joey

How do I book Cathay Pacific Jfk-Vancouver? Which website to I look for award availability on to fly 35k one-way in First Class.

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June 15, 2018 3:39 pm

Dan

You need to call Alaska to book that award.
You can search for award space on Qantas.com.

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June 15, 2018 5:36 pm

J

How do you know what the redemption will be in August? Are you able to tell me what the Westin in Cozumel will be if I book it in August? Thank you

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June 15, 2018 3:58 pm

Dan

No way to know for sure, but there are 7 SPG categories and the future program will have 7 categories as well.

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June 15, 2018 5:39 pm

Jack

I thought the limit is 30K points. How can you purchase more

“You can buy 86.5K Starpoints for $1,967.88, plus you’ll earn 3,936 Starpoints by buying those points on an SPG card, giving you a total of 90,436 Starpoints. “

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June 15, 2018 5:49 pm

Marcus

Dan – can you advise. Have the same question.

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June 16, 2018 10:31 pm

Dan

Read the post again for the workaround.

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June 17, 2018 1:26 am

ramzies

Are you stocking up on 7 Night certificates? In your earlier post mentioned category 6 could be the real winner, is that the one to go for?

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June 15, 2018 6:19 pm

Dennis

Having problems purchasing points for my wife and kids. Keeps on giving me – “Error: There was a problem with your credit card information. Please try again, or try a different card.”

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June 15, 2018 7:43 pm

ramzies

Will the AMEX Spend $300 or more, get $60 back stack with this purchase?

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June 16, 2018 11:27 am

Matt

Is the St. Regis Bali an all suite hotel? Marriott has some preview rates and for Bali they have St. Regis listed as 60k (20k spg) points come August…

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June 16, 2018 5:26 pm

Dan

It’s not priced as all suites.

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June 16, 2018 10:18 pm

cafe

can someone tell me what the best points to use from munich to lax on business class f you dont have united miles? do miles and more or aa points work ? do singapore points work? and for how much and the fuel surcharges for one way. if someone can assist thanks

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June 17, 2018 2:39 pm

bigissy

is it worth buying points to hold on to for future uses?

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July 5, 2018 4:53 pm

Barry

ditto… Dan, I love you and have benefited so much.. but these are dense..

worth grabbing for, unknown stays? or for transfer ability? or only if you’ve got something specific in mind? I doubt I’d use more than 1 or 2 nights before January.

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July 5, 2018 5:24 pm

Dan

I think it is in this case.

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July 5, 2018 5:36 pm

bigissy

thanks

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July 5, 2018 5:36 pm

Gmanush

Hey Dan,
If I have 50k Amex membership rewards points, should I transfer them now to spg points or should I wait until August to transfer them into Marriott points? I want to book one of the hotel deals once the point prices go down in August.

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July 5, 2018 5:07 pm

Dan

No difference.

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July 5, 2018 5:12 pm

Azar

Hi Dan, what is the best way to use 130k SPG points?

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July 5, 2018 5:26 pm

Dan

On one of the hotel bargains that will start in August.

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July 5, 2018 5:36 pm

Shaul

Would you recommend buying speculatively at these rates?

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July 5, 2018 5:51 pm

Hami

I didn’t receive double SPG points for the actual purchase with my SPG business. I called and was told that they don’t give points for purchase of points, only actual SPG hotel purchases

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July 5, 2018 6:54 pm

No Brainier.

I had the same experience. No double points on spg points purchased thru points.com a month ago. I did receive double points for a transfer made in Dec 2017. I asked amex and they did “research” and came back and told me no double points. I showed them the double points from December and they couldn’t explain it and gave me a courtesy 1000 Spg points for my “inconvenience”.

Anyone have any additional insight on this?

Daniel any learning available on this ?

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July 20, 2018 2:45 pm

Aps

If I want to combine my wifes marriot points into my account, I know I can open a spg account for her and then transfer them to my spg account.
Can i transfer directly from her marriot account to mine? and if not, then come august will i be able to just like spg?
thnx

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July 6, 2018 12:44 am

Joe

Dan Currently if you transfer starpoints to Marriott it’s a 3:1 transfer ratio if I wait until 8/1 my starpoints will be trippled can I still transfer my starpoints to Marriott for 3:1? After the switch essentially getting myself 6:1?

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July 6, 2018 4:06 am

Shaul

No. It just means they basically force the transfer.

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July 6, 2018 9:06 am

Arieh

“… there will be more airline transfer partner added at the current SPG transfer ratio”

How do we know that? Nowadays, we can’t even transfer to airlines miles with Marriot ……

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July 10, 2018 5:59 pm

YesThatsMe

I’ve been self debating this back and forth, I have now 528K Marriott with no specific usage in mind, is it really worth $1,365 (have 2 accounts) for 188K more…?

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July 17, 2018 1:12 pm

Avi

Dan, if I wanted to book a stay at Bora Bora or Maldives, do you recommend purchasing the 7 night package now, or wait until Aug 1 to book the specific dates?
Also, I’m sure many people are interested in this, so it would be great if you can do a quick post on the best ways to book a vacation there on points (flights + hotel).

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July 18, 2018 11:58 am

Rachel

I’m looking for a Spg or Marriott hotel in August in the Vermont or lake George area. Spg only has the Equinox for 12,000 points. Is that a good value? I can’t find anything else and Marriott doesn’t have great options either. Are there any good Spg deals locally?

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July 20, 2018 2:15 pm

Chapshnell

Equinox is an amazing hotel! do it

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July 20, 2018 2:30 pm

Glushtygiz

Dan there’s no availability for the next yr for the saver award on krisflyer singapore for jfk-fra and vice versa route and also
The cathay Pacific Alaska option to hong kong let alone onto tlv is extremely limited. Maybe only 15 days for the next yr…

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July 20, 2018 2:24 pm

Dan

Those both open up close in.

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July 20, 2018 2:31 pm

dhammer53

For anyone new that’s reading, triple Marriott points does not equal triple Starpoints (in value). Oh sure 10,000 Starpoints become 30,000 Marriott. But if you do the math, in most cases), it’s a wash. Buying points is only worthwhile if you need to top off your account.

If I just want tickets to Israel in coach what should I do with my starwood points?

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July 20, 2018 2:32 pm

Dan

A United travel package is a good bet.

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July 20, 2018 2:38 pm

danfan

How many Starpoints may I buy for others?
A Starwood Preferred Guest account may receive up to a maximum of 30,000 Starpoints per account per calendar year, whether purchased by the member him/herself or received as a gift from another member; therefore, you may not buy more than 30,000 points for any single Starwood Preferred Guest account. If your purchase for another account exceeds their 30,000 Starpoint purchase/gift maximum, the recipient will be unable to claim this gift until the next calendar year. There are no refunds in these instances.
this a cut and paste from spg site. so, can I take advantage of this sale and buy and it will post January 1?

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July 20, 2018 3:22 pm

Felix

Hi , I don’t have spg cc I only have chase cc , how can I get in on this ?

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July 20, 2018 3:31 pm

Dan

You can buy this with any credit card.

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July 20, 2018 3:47 pm

michoel

on the Etihad suites to the Maldives can I book one shower class for me and one economy for her?as long as she get onto the plane why can’t we just be in one suite? thanks

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July 22, 2018 4:19 am

michoel

im talking about my wife

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July 22, 2018 4:33 am

john

will they still honor this if i reach out

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July 22, 2018 12:53 pm

Chaim

I am planning a trip to Thailand after the chaggim in October.
What do you think would be the best way to get there? I have about (100,000 each) of:

Avios, SPG, American, Chase, Delta, and Amex miles because of all these promotions.

Is there a smart way to transfer or combine?

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July 22, 2018 6:09 pm

Renee

I only opened my SPG card at the end of March to get the 35,000 point bonus. At the end of this month I will only have managed to accrue 85,000 points in total including the 30,000 I bought in June. As I won’t have enough for the 132,000 United miles travel certificate, would you recommend I go for the 110,000 one? I know you said it’s not as good a value but I am not going to get to the 90,000 mark.

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July 23, 2018 3:54 pm

Dan

Buy the extra points you need?

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July 23, 2018 3:56 pm

Renee

Already bought the 30,000 max and No other SPG accounts

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July 23, 2018 4:26 pm

Renee

Do you earn double points for buying star points on your SPG Amex ?

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July 30, 2018 8:21 am

Rachel

Anyone have ideas for Marriott or Spg points in or near Vermont? Not high end please.

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July 25, 2018 10:11 pm

SN

If I missed purchasing this deal at the 35% off rate, is it still worth buying the points at their current price and then redeeming them for vacation vouchers?

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August 9, 2018 8:05 pm

Dan

How many points do you need?

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August 9, 2018 8:18 pm

Jo

Hi Dan, just called SPG and they said 5 nights at S. Regis Maldives would be 360K SPG. Is the sale over? Thought we had until Feb?

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